Episode 44

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19th Nov 2025

Smart roads to the Olympics: Australia’s data-driven mobility makeover

How will Australia’s most innovative transport leaders use intelligent transport systems, real-time data, automation and cooperative corridors to transform mobility ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games?

That's just one of the topics you'll hear about on today's Highways Voices from the ITS Australia Summit on the Gold Coast.

These podcasts are brought to you thanks to the support of TomTom, Nicander, AGD Systems Australia, TraceMark Flow an NGIS Solution, Westcotec and TRL.

Today we'll hear how the region is preparing its transport networks for unprecedented demand ahead of Brisbane 2032, including insights from industry leaders on sustainability, efficiency, automation and network resilience, we'll bring you the first-ever tour of the newly launched Gold Coast Cooperative Corridor, revealing how real-time roadside sensing, collective perception and DSRC communications are reshaping road safety and multimodal management, and we'll discuss global best practice in mapping, data intelligence, asset management, enforcement, and connected systems, with perspectives from leading companies deploying technology across Europe, Australia/New Zealand and the Middle East.

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Today’s guests:

·     Dean Zabrieszach  – CEO, Ohmio and HMI Technolgies

·     Ralf-Peter Schäfer – Vice President, Traffic & Travel Information, TomTom

·     Luke Capelli – C-ITS Specialist, Toyota Motor Corporation Australia / Lexus Australia

·     Kim Thomas – Managing Director, Integrate

·     Oliver Looker – General Manager, Location Intelligence, Transport and Mobility,  Sustainability and ITS, NGIS (TraceMark Flow)

·     John Piper – Sales Director, Jenoptik

·     Ritchie Jones – Interim Managing Director, Jenoptik Traffic Solutions Australia

·     Susan Harris – CEO, ITS Australia

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The highways and transport technology industries' podcast from Highways-News.com
The Highways Voices podcast is a must-listen for professionals in the Highways and Transport Technology industries covering construction, maintenance, Intelligent Transport Systems and Public Transportation.

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Highways Voices is the weekly podcast from Highways-News.com. In it, Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum speak to thought leaders, decision makers and inventors in the highways and transport technology industries. New editions are unloaded every Wednesday.